[peel] Re: we miss john peel - mtv2 europe

[simon smith]

In message <BAY101-F467CD37AD93C8B5D0200EA0EA0@...>, colin bray 
<colinbray@...> writes
>Along the lines of having time to listen to the old shows...
>
>Something that has bothered me over the years of taping Peel (about 750 
>shows) is that this is somehow against the spirit of the man himself. 
>Every year that goes by since a show was taped means that we are 
>listening to older and older stuff when Peel himself would have largely 
>consigned that to history and be listening to the latest record by the 
>latest fresh young things.

Well, up to a point, but remember we are talking about a man who kept 
just about the largest record collection in human history, all neatly 
ordered and classified! Peel's job *as a disc jockey* was to provide his 
listeners with the latest new young sounds, but as listeners I don't 
think we need to take that approach so much to heart. When I was younger 
and always trying to keep up with the latest interesting records, I 
gradually found it more and more stressful because of the idea of 
missing out on something good, but I've come to relax more about that.
I don't see any harm in listening to old records or Peel tapes, and let 
Marcelle's and other internet programmes give you an idea of what's 
happening at the moment.

-- 
simon smith